Carrying Silosocks?

[shootingmike]

Just got 6 silo socks, 4 head down and 2 with head up. Any ideas for carrying them? Nice and light but a bit awkward with the metal spikes set in them.....

[mossy835]

i just put them in a post office bag,the big black ones.

[Stephen-H]

1 hour ago, shootingmike said:

Just got 6 silo socks, 4 head down and 2 with head up. Any ideas for carrying them? Nice and light but a bit awkward with the metal spikes set in them.....

I've found this the spikes end up ripping the bags there in . I either keep the spikes in a separate part of my decoy bag or have thought about putting them in a section of plastic piping with a screw top end either side 

[mellors]

Plastic overflow pipe or if you've a lot plastic waste pipe you can get blanks for each end. 

That's what i use to to slide pigeon decoy cradles in so much easier to carry. 

[Old Boggy]

1 hour ago, mellors said:

Plastic overflow pipe or if you've a lot plastic waste pipe you can get blanks for each end. 

That's what i use to to slide pigeon decoy cradles in so much easier to carry. 

These are what I`ve cobbled together. 

A couple of bits of waste pipe and bungee to keep the cradles tidy and as said a length of waste pipe with screw cap ends I use for neck spikes (green wooden garden supports are ideal and cheap)

Note that I spray the tops of the cradles blue so that I can see them and don`t leave them in the field. 

OB

[Dave at kelton]

4 hours ago, Old Boggy said:

These are what I`ve cobbled together. 

A couple of bits of waste pipe and bungee to keep the cradles tidy and as said a length of waste pipe with screw cap ends I use for neck spikes (green wooden garden supports are ideal and cheap)

Note that I spray the tops of the cradles blue so that I can see them and don`t leave them in the field. 

OB

I do the same using old cycle spokes for neck stakes

[shootingmike]

Thanks guys.. Will try a tube of some sorts with a cap on one end.

 

[guy baxendale]

I have a cheaper version of one of these. https://hirewitness.co.uk/product/black-heavy-duty-nylon-kit-body-armour-carrier-bag-hw230/

[aberisle]

31 minutes ago, guy baxendale said:

I have a cheaper version of one of these. https://hirewitness.co.uk/product/black-heavy-duty-nylon-kit-body-armour-carrier-bag-hw230/

I use one of them as well, it has a divider inside that allows me to put sillosocks on one side and sillohettes on the other it is also handy for sitting on, on the shore

[Bumble]

I use an army Bergen with the side pockets, and slide the decoy spikes between the bag & side pockets then use the top webbing straps to secure the decoys to the top of the pack. 

[fandango]

I have cut the spikes down to half there length and take a equal amount of bamboo cut stakes then set these out and pop the sillysock in the hole of the cane,,, the wire spikes fit nicely inside a piece of alcatheyne water pipe a dozen decoys at a time,,, makes it easier carrying thought set up time is marginally longer I don’t mind as it’s made up for in less effort packing them away